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  1. OGP nurse salary

    cariad replied to d4e5f6's topic in International Nursing

    the pay varies, with california being the highest. mostly between, $24 and $28, and time and a half for overtime. I made a lot of money when I did my contract, as I worked a lot of overtime and had a...

  2. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    hey its me, busy in work again. its not all bad working here, theres good nights and bad nights. curlysin, i was only giving you a bit of advice, as to what the deal is with married couples, as there...

  3. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    hi curlysin, do you know that your boyfriend who is travelling with you can get a green card with you if you are married. dont know anything about the direct hire from ogp. but over here there is...

  4. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    it looks like there are going to be many nurses coming here in the next few months, lots coming to arizona, we will have to arrange a get together and compare notes. i read the threads and forget who...

  5. World Wide Travel Staffing

    cariad replied to autumnspell's topic in Travel

    i have never worked for them but have worked with nurses who were on assignment with them. depends where you are going as i only know about the ones who were in st croix, in the virgin

  6. Packet 3

    cariad replied to Owain Glyndwr's topic in International Nursing

    my packet 3 came with lots of stuff to do, then the appointment for the interview came in may for our early june date, so if we had left it till then it would have been too late, i think that you have...

  7. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    another night in work, i was talking to an american traveller who had a personal call regarding her sone in work today. a remark made by one of the other nurses left her in tears. sometimes its as...

  8. Packet 3

    cariad replied to Owain Glyndwr's topic in International Nursing

    things must change all the time, as when i had packet 3 it included loads of things to do, one of which was to get our police checks done at that time. if we had waited for the embassy interview then...

  9. Any recommended agencies????

    cariad replied to jimwng4's topic in International Nursing

    agency work in america is called per diem, as and when you are needed. the travel companies that bring uk nurses over here are called agencys. i did an ogp contract and worked 80 hours every 2 weeks,...

  10. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    hi anna, it must be a major headache to bring your dogs over here. do you not worry about bringing them to such a warm climate and with different bugs etc, that they are not used

  11. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    looking forward to all of you making it over here. [color=#2f4f4f]will be good to have the input about your work experiences in different areas and

  12. I did it!!

    cariad replied to rodggang's topic in Travel

    the rule for tax free housing subsidy is that you must be working in a travel assignment more than 50 miles away from your permanent tax residence. dont know how this affects people without a...

  13. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    well done anna, look forward to seeing you over here. you'll never know until you have tried

  14. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    i can understand how you feel, my daughter was coming with us abd changed her mind, so we had to buy her a flat to live in before we left, as she wanted to stay in scotland where we were living, but...

  15. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    tonight i am actually feeling a bit homesick, something that in the 2 years that we have been here, i dont usually feel. just missing my mum and dad, its been worse since we have been back in the uk....

  16. any one been with world wide travel staffing???

    cariad replied to kissthestars16's topic in Travel

    i was there for 18 months but not with worldwide travel. its a great place to be for a while. and the hospital is not as bad as what you may

  17. Mantoux test

    cariad replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    it hardly cost me anything to get all that stuff done. i didnt need fingerprints for my original licence, but since have paid 3 states to get them done. [color=#2f4f4f]didnt need anything notarised...

  18. One exam or two?

    cariad replied to barrjan's topic in International Nursing

    look on the international forum for advice from suzanne, she will tell you how to go through the

  19. suspension

    cariad replied to bradleau's topic in General Nursing

    what has happened to the days when co-workers supported each other,,,,and if there was an error of judgement on the OP, why didnt the supervisor just take her aside and get her a scrub top from...

  20. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    we were told to hand carry the x-rays, but no-one was interested in them. its all about tb but i dont think that anyone has told the immigration people what we are all doing walking through...

  21. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    cariad replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    i am a night shift worker and dont sleep on my breaks, but thats not to say that i am that self opinionated on what my co-workers do on theirs. some people dont have the perfect lifestyle where they...

  22. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    we let ogp book our flights, we just gave them my credit card details and we paid for hubbys flight, and it was expensive. only because of where we were flying to. when we left st croix, we bought...

  23. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    its hot here as well, i have lost the knack of remembering what centigrade temperatures are as they all tell you in farenheit

  24. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    it all turned out for the best....18 months in the carribean. really miss the turquoise warm waters and the beautiful beaches. every time we swim in the pool it brings back memories. sometimes look at...

  25. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    cariad replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    congratulations to tiggerlover, I only interviewed for a job after I had the embassy interview date. so we left exactly 4 weeks later after I had given my month's notice in work. so we had no idea...